The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-14
THE BRIDE WILL HAVE 100000.
A New Orleans Belle Who is to Marry
Thurlow Weeds Grandson.
Neio York Letter to Indianapolis Ne,rs.

Thurlow Weeds Grandson.
Neio York Letter to Indianapolis Ne1cS.
One of the SWEETEST weddings of next
fall will take place in October. 1t will be
the culminator of most romantic story
The parties to the contract are Thurlow
Weed Barnes, grandson of the late Thurlow
Weed, and Miss Frances Isabelle Norris
daughter of John A Morris, the Louisiana
lottery king whose fortune is estimated at
from $40, 100000 to $4,000, 900. Miss Morris
is his only child. She is worth S500, 900 in
her own right, and on her wedding day she
viii receive 81 100000 more from her in
dulgent father. The ceremony will take
place at the family mansion, at Throgg's
Neck, Westminster County. Thousands of
invitations will be sent out to all sections of
the United SUates-to New Orleans, where
Mr.. Morris married; to Chicago and San
Francisco and to Europe, where the bride
elect went to school. The Morrises, it is
said intend to make the wedding an
eplthalmium i'll every sense of the word-a
general rejoicing over the recovery of their
daughter, who had been quite i'll for several
years. The magnificent residence will be
literally filled with the choicest flowers the
world can produce, and the days following
the wedding will be series of fetes. The
homestead is surrounded by seventy acres of
land, beautifully laid out and dotted here
and there with artificial bowers and
parterres of rich green. Here the beautiful
daughter will be married, surrounded by
her friends and kindred. 1t is her wish that
every one she ever knew should receive an
invitation. Her life for the past few years
has been one of pain, and all that money
could do was done to restore her to health
again. Miss Morris was born twenty-four
years ago i'll New Orleans. She has black
hair and eyes, regular features and fair COM
pleXlon. Her life began among the pictur
esque scenes of Louisiana among the orange
groves, druidical oaks festooned with gray
moss, the fragrant magnolia trees and the
shrinking mimOsa. Her beauty was more
radiant and sparkling than that of the
languid, dreamy daughters of the French
Her father went to New Orleans over a
generation ago and engaged in business. He
married Miss Cora Hennen, of that city,
and prospered. He became interested in
the louisiana State lottery, and his wealth
accumulated rapidly. What he is really
worth now is variouslv estimated at from
100000 to S15,000,000. He spent his.
winters in New York and Travelled with his
family in Europe until he purchased his
home i'll Westchester County.
Miss Morris grew up healthy and appar-
emily strong. When she was II years of
age She was sent to Europe to school, where
she remained four years. She speaks French
was accounted a great pianist. She studied
while under List. The daughter, after
enjoying the best advantages of France and
Germany in the educational line, returned
home and entered society, where she became
the belle and a great favorite. Several
years ago the greatest honor that the Ores
cent City can bestOw upon fair daughter
was conferred upon Miss Morris, that OF being
queen of the carnival. Three years ago she
was taken i'll. 1t was not thought seriously
of at that time as the illness was not so
violent and dangerous. Doctors were sent
for, and no relief was afforded the young
patient. 1t was evident that she suffered
from nervous prostration and irritation of
the spine. Everything that science and
money could do was done, but the patient
got no better Finally she was placed under
the treatment of DIR. William Todd
Helmuth, of this city. He was attending at
that time the late Catherine i. Wolfe.
When Miss Wolfe went to a watering-place,
Miss Morris, accompanied by her parents,
took cottage there too, and DR. Helmuth
gave up his summer practice to attend them.
Mr.. Morris bought a large house, corner of
Thirtieth street and Madison avenue, and
furnished it elegantly. The streets adjacent
were covered with tanbark to prevent the
noise of vehicles disturbing the patient.
For months, though; she could not move at
all, and had to be wheeled around the room
in an invalid chair. Her cheeks, once SO
rosy, were pale and sunken, and the bright
eyes had almost lost their lustre The
gradual but sure improvement DR.. Helnuth
brought about caused great joy in the Morris
household. To be able to walk on crutches
was beginning Dr. Helmuth last October
called in the noted electrician, DIR. w. H.
King, and Miss Morris underwent his treat
ment A powerful electric battery was
rented and placed in the patients room.
Every day DR.. King called and gave her
the benefit OF his skill The combined treat
ment of both the doctors had the desired
effect and the patient grew better Last
March she went to Lakewood, n. j., to
breathe the fresh air from the resinous pines
and enjoy the quietude of that well-known
retreat. During the latter part of the month
Mr.. Barnes appeared and began at once to
pay devoted attention to Miss Morris 1t
was the first time he had met her since she
was a little girl, She was not romping
around then as in her girlhood days, but
getting about slowly by the aid of a stick.
She had discarded the crutches some weeks
previous. Mr.. Barnes was a chivalric lover
and loved at first sight, and the wedding
day was set. Mr.. Barnes resides in Albany.
He edited the memories of his grandfather.
He is a widower, about thrty-four years
old, is 6 feet inches high, rather heavy set
and has a clean-Shaven, solemn-lOOking
face 1t is said that he is now member of
the firm of Messrs Houghton Mifflin & Co.,
publishers, Boston. Miss Morris is now
thoroughly recovered, and is at Bar Harbor
with her parents and Mr.. Barnes. Mr..
Morris is going to have fine summer resi-
dence erected there to present to his daughter
as wedding gift in addition to the 81 100000